International students

Why study Writing?

There's a knack to producing writing worth reading, and that's what this major will help you to achieve. You will develop a fundamental and substantial understanding of how language works at the word, sentence, paragraph, and document level. You will learn strategies for designing, structuring and writing, and revising on paper and online. Whether you are aiming to be a creative or a corporate writer, this major will train you to produce compelling, career-enhancing writing in a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres.

Courses

View the
course list
for courses that can be studied as part of the Writing extended major.

Employment opportunities

Graduates of the BA go on to many areas of employment.
It will depend on the area of study undertaken, since some are specialised areas that lead in specific directions - such as Psychology, Journalism, or Languages. Other fields are general training for professional or semi-professional careers in business, government or teaching - for example. Computer Science, Criminology, Economics, English, History and Industrial Relations. Others lead to broad intellectual and skills development - Asian Studies, Mathematics, Music, Political Science, Studies in Religion and so on.